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Time to review: 30 minutes
Type: Clinical resource or information, PCRU Clinical Area: Asthma Status: Current

This article has been created as a summary of a range of material from PCRS tools and encompasses the basics of a good respiratory review.

Time to review: 30 minutes

A guide commissioned to provide clarity on aspects of diagnosis, management and monitoring of asthma.

Time to review: 15 minutes
Type: Clinical resource or information, PCRU Clinical Area: Asthma Status: Current

A PCRS guide to the management of asthma aged 12 and over in primary care

Time to review: 15 minutes

A new report is showcasing the impact of a national AHSN Network programme to improve access to FeNO testing for asthma diagnosis. Fractional exhaled Nitric Oxide (FeNO) tests are simple, non-invasive tests to support the diagnosis of asthma. During the two-year programme an estimated 58,000 new asthmatics received a faster, more accurate diagnosis through the use of FeNO testing with an additional 1,200 devices entering use in primary care in England.

Time to review: 15 minutes
Type: PCRU Clinical Area: Asthma Status: Current

The PCRS Patient Reference Group (PRG) is a small group of people with respiratory conditions who support PCRS to ensure that we always try to embed the patient perspective in our work and consider the holistic management of patients. Our PRG members sit on our regular committees and sub-committees and contribute regularly to our work. We are grateful for their input. We have two representatives who sit on our valuable PRG who suffer from asthma. You can read their story in this article.

Time to review: 15 minutes
Type: PCRU Clinical Area: Asthma Status: Current

This pragmatic guide focuses on the ongoing management of adults and children with severe asthma receiving biologic therapy and has been developed by an expert group led by Will Carroll, University Hospital of the North Midlands, Stoke-on-Trent and including Ernie Wong, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, Beverley Bostock, Advanced Nurse Practitioner at Mann Cottage Surgery, Moreton-in-Marsh, and Asthma Lead for the Association of Respiratory Nurse Specialists, Fiona Mosgrove a GP in Aberdeen and Clinical Lead for the Grampian Respiratory Improvement Programme and Helena Cummings